Day Trippers
We signed our names, were issued life jackets and waited for coastguard clearance to leave. Soon we were off. It was only a short journey to our first stop. We had hoped to make our own tour by kayak but it was just too far to be a relaxing adventure.
Twin lagoons. We swam from one to the other, passing under some rocks and the scenery was very nice. Next, we explored a few beaches and coral hot spots before lunch.
Lunch was served on Atwayan beach. A buffet of fresh prawns, calamares, grilled fish, vegetable noodles, chicken adobo and rice, all finished off with fresh pineapple and water melon. After lunch entertainment was provided by a small puppy who managed to get onto the table, put her nose in a plastic cup and drink the orange Fanta. She then lifted her head and showed her orange beard .... very cute!
On to the next stop on the tour, coral garden which was very pretty with lots of fish and a short swim on to Skeleton Wreck, an old sunken ship. It has some beautiful corals but unfortunately we arrived at the same time as lots of other tour boats so there were kicking legs everywhere!
The final stop on our tour was Baracuda lake, named after the skeleton of a large Baracuda having been found here. This lake is famous for its reverse theromocline..the water being warmer lower down than at the top. By the time we reached the lake it had started to rain. Luckily for us this meant when entering the water it felt lovely and warm compared to the cold rain!
Some of the people on our boat had paid for an extra stop at a lagoon, so they were dropped off whilst the rest of us sat on the beach and drank coffee. Back on the boat we were treated to a bananaque before heading back. To our delight (as it was still raining) we discovered our tour also included drop off back at our accommodation!
We had eaten quite a large buffet lunch so dinner was a small BBQ and packet noodles.
